SEDIMENTARY DEPOSITS

 Sinter deposits (Pleistocene to Miocene)

 Sedimentary rocks of Martinez Hill (Pliocene to Miocene)

 Younger gravels (Pliocene and (or) Miocene)

 Sedimentary rocks of East Walker River (Pliocene and (or) Miocene)

 Older gravels (Miocene)

 Sedimentary rocks of Fletcher Valley (Miocene)

DISTALLY SOURCED ASH-FLOW TUFFS

 Eureka Valley Tuff (Miocene)

 Tuff of Jacks Spring (Miocene)

ROCKS OF BODIE HILLS VOLCANIC FIELD

 Rocks of Big Alkali center (Miocene)

Rhyolite of Big Alkali (Miocene)

 Rocks of Willow Springs center (Miocene)

Trachyandesite of Willow Springs (Miocene)

 Dacite of Hot Springs Canyon (Miocene)

 Trachydacite of Cinnabar Canyon (Miocene)

 Rocks of Potato Peak center (Miocene)

Debris flows associated with trachydacite of Potato Peak (Miocene)

Trachydacite of Potato Peak (Miocene)

Rocks of Silver Hill center (Miocene)

Debris flows associated with dacite of Silver Hill (Miocene)

Intrusive phase of dacite of Silver Hill (Miocene)

Dacite of Silver Hill (Miocene)

Rocks of Mount Biedeman center (Miocene)

Trachydacite intrusions of Mount Biedeman (Miocene)

Sedimentary rocks and debris flows of Mount Biedeman (Miocene)

Trachyandesite of Mount Biedeman (Miocene)

 Sedimentary rocks and tuff of Paramount (Miocene)

 Rhyolite of Bodie Hills (Miocene)

 Rhyolite of Bald Peak (Miocene)

 Rhyolite of Bodie Creek (Miocene)

 Trachyandesite of Aurora Canyon (Miocene)

 Silicified breccia (Miocene)

 Rhyolite of Rock Springs Canyon (Miocene)

 Trachyandesite of Del Monte (Miocene)

 Trachydacite of Bridgeport Canyon (Miocene)

 Rhyolite of Del Monte Canyon (Miocene)

 Pyroxene rhyolite (Miocene)

LIST OF MAP UNITS

[See Description of Map Units (in pamphlet) for complete unit descriptions]

SURFICIAL DEPOSITS

 Tailings and mine dumps (Holocene)

 Travertine hot springs deposits (Holocene and Pleistocene)

 Tufa deposits (Holocene and Pleistocene)

 Alluvium (Holocene and Pleistocene)

 Eolian sand deposits (Holocene and Pleistocene)

 Fan deposits (Holocene and Pleistocene)

 Landslide deposits (Holocene and Pleistocene)

 Pediment deposits (Holocene and Pleistocene)

 Playa deposits (Holocene and Pleistocene)

 Talus (Holocene and Pleistocene)

 Lacustrine deposits (Pleistocene)

 Glacial deposits (Pleistocene)

 Older gravel deposits (Pleistocene)

ROCKS OF AURORA VOLCANIC FIELD

Trachyandesite of Mud Spring (Pleistocene)

 Trachyandesite of Aurora Crater (Pleistocene)

 Trachyandesite 2 (Pleistocene)

 Trachyandesite 1 (Pleistocene)

 Andesite (Reheis and others, 2002) (Pleistocene)

 Trachyandesite of Mount Hicks (Pleistocene)

 Trachyandesite of Cow Camp Creek (Pleistocene)

 Trachyandesite (Pleistocene or Pliocene)

 Olivine pyroxene basaltic trachyandesite (Pleistocene or Pliocene)

 Olivine basaltic trachyandesite (Pleistocene or Pliocene)

 Trachyandesite south of Aurora Peak (Pleistocene or Pliocene)

 Basaltic debris-flow deposits of Cedar Hill (Pleistocene or Pliocene)

 Hornblende trachydacite of Cedar Hill (Pleistocene or Pliocene)

 Rhyolite of Martinez Hill (Pliocene)

 Trachydacite of Aurora Peak (Pliocene)

 Trachybasalt of Cedar Hill (Pliocene)

 Pyroxene trachyandesite of Cedar Hill (Pliocene)

 Basaltic trachyandesite of Beauty Peak (Pliocene)

 Hornblende trachydacite (Pliocene)

 Rhyolite of Spring Peak (Pliocene)

 Trachyandesite of Cedar Hill (Pliocene)

 Basaltic andesite of Locomotive Point (Pliocene)

 Rhyolite of East Brawley Peak (Miocene)

 Rhyolite of Aurora Creek (Miocene)

 Trachydacite intrusions (Miocene) 

 Trachyandesite of Clark Canyon (Miocene)

 Rocks of West Brawley Peak center (Miocene)

Trachyandesite intrusion of West Brawley Peak (Miocene) 

Trachyandesite of West Brawley Peak (Miocene)

Rocks of Rancheria center (Miocene)

Basalt of Rancheria plug (Miocene)

Basaltic trachyandesite of Rancheria (Miocene)

 Rocks of Trachydacite of Rough Creek (Miocene)

Trachydacite of Rough Creek (Miocene)

 Hornblende trachyandesite intrusions (Miocene)

 Rocks of Aurora center (Miocene)

Trachyandesite intrusion of Aurora (Miocene)

Dacite intrusions of Aurora (Miocene) 

Trachyandesite of Aurora (Miocene)

 Andesite of Lakeview Spring (Miocene) 

 Trachyandesite of Masonic Gulch (Miocene) 

 Trachyandesite of Sinnamon Cut (Miocene)

 Trachydacite of East Canyon (Miocene)

 Rocks of Mud Spring Canyon center

Trachyandesite of Mud Spring Canyon (Miocene)

 Rocks of Masonic center (Miocene)

Trachyandesite of Masonic (Miocene) 

Trachyandesite intrusions of Masonic (Miocene)

PRE-BODIE HILLS VOLCANIC FIELD ROCKS

 Trachyandesite of Borealis (Miocene)

BASEMENT ROCKS

Monzogranite of Rattlesnake Gulch (Cretaceous)

 Granodiorite of Masonic Mountain (Cretaceous)

 Monzogranite of Murphy Creek (Cretaceous)

 Granite of Powell Mountain (Cretaceous or Jurassic)

 Quartz monzodiorite of Aurora (Cretaceous or Jurassic) 

 Quartz monzonite of Sinnamon Meadow (Cretaceous or Jurassic)

 Quartz monzodiorite of Mormon Meadow (Cretaceous or Jurassic)

 Quartz monzodiorite of Masonic Mountain (Cretaceous or Jurassic)

 Metavolcanic rocks (Mesozoic)

 Metasedimentary and metavolcanic rocks (Mesozoic)

 Metasedimentary rocks (Lower Paleozoic)

EXPLANATION OF MAP SYMBOLS

Contact

Fault—Dashed where location is approximate; dotted where location is 

concealed; ball and bar on downthrown side; arrows indicate relative movement

Landslide deposits—Head or main scarp of landslide. Hachures point down-slide 

and may be combined with fault symbols; unit forming landslide shown in 

parentheses

Strike and dip of inclined bedding

Strike and dip of inclined dike

Strike of vertical dike

Strike and dip of inclined compaction foliation in tuff or metamorphic 

foliation in pre-Tertiary rocks

Strike of vertical compaction foliation in tuff

Strike and dip of inclined flow banding in lava flows and intrusions

Strike of vertical flow banding in lava flows and intrusions

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Geologic Map of the Bodie Hills, California and Nevada

By

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ROCKS OF BODIE HILLS VOLCANIC FIELD

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ROCKS OF AURORA VOLCANIC FIELD

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BASEMENT ROCKS

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CRETACEOUS

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TERTIARY

CENOZOIC

MESOZOIC

PALEOZOIC

CORRELATION OF MAP UNITS

[See Description of Map Units (in pamphlet) for precise unit ages]

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